Five Lotteries

Woke up at 2:30 a.m. the other night. I talked to my wife. I wasn’t happy.

She told me to think about how far I had come.

In what should have been the golden years of my twenties, I went through a lot that changed my career in ways I never expected.

My visa failed the first time. I felt as if the world had collapsed.

I tried again the next year. It failed the second time.

I tried again the next year. It failed the third time.

I tried again. It failed the fourth time.

The next year, I tried again. The fifth time.

My visa was finally approved.

The moment I heard the news, I called my mom. I sat on the floor and cried hard before I could say a single word.

That was a dark period of my life. My wife told me that one day, when I’m old, I should write a book about it.

Here is a small piece of that book.